Ten years on the key figures in the infamous Broadbeach bikie brawl have changed in many ways; some involved in the fight claim to have turned over a new leaf.
Some of the lawmakers, meanwhile, continue their campaigns against crime.
These are some of the key figures from 2013 and where they are now >>>
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THOSE INVOLVED IN THE BRAWL
Jacques Teamo
The Bandidos ring leader who sent the text that ignited the brawl is said to be a changed man.
In June 2021 he sued for more than $500,000 after he was bashed in jail by rival gang members.
Teamo alleged he was “savagely” hit in the head and body with an exercise bicycle seat and with a toaster and sandwich press by the inmates in a prison kitchen.
However in September 2022 his long-time lawyer Chris Hannay insisted the former bikie had changed.
“I represented (Teamo) for a long time, all the way through the Broadbeach brawl saga,” he said.
“A few months ago I actually ran into him and his son down at Broadbeach. He’s a changed guy – fundamentally – absolute gentleman.
“From what I understand he’s also trying to get his face tattoos removed, but with the amount of coverage he has – I can imagine that would be a very painful process.
“ … Jacques had come from a dysfunctional family, clearly had some issues and what he really needed was someone to grab him and guide him. Unfortunately in his case it was the Bandidos. Once you are inducted into an outlaw motorcycle gang, it’s very hard to get out.”
Lionel Patea
One of the Bandidos involved in the brawl was in May 2018 sentenced to at least 30 years behind bars for his hand in the murder of Gold Coast father Greg Dufty.
Patea, who was already serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his girlfriend Tara Brown, pleaded guilty to the murder of Mr Dufty in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane.
The earliest he will be released is May 29, 2048.
Brett Pechey
One of Queensland’s most notorious and recognisable ex-bikies, Pechey has been known for flaunting his wealth to his more than 5500 Instagram followers.
A solid gold Rolex and a $160,000 Range Rover Sport were some of the luxury purchases he boasted about online.
But he was mercilessly roasted in 2019 when internet sleuths discovered a picture of his new cherry red Ducati motorbike had been taken from Google Images.
The blunder came after he fled the Gold Coast to Western Australia in 2018.
He was jailed last year for a “bizarre” and “menacing” meth-fuelled rant.
Pechey had threatened two police officers who were issuing the 34-year-old with a police order following a domestic violence incident involving his ex-partner.
Things escalated when police discovered a video of Pechey sitting in the driver’s seat of his Chrysler 300C with a firearm by his side.
‘F**king c**t … die today, coppers die today … yeah boy, f**king maggots,’ Pechey said in the clip.
Pechey pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court to threatening to kill, possessing a firearm in circumstances of aggravation, possessing unlawfully obtained property and multiple police order breaches relating to domestic violence offences and was sentenced to a year behind bars.
Jason Trouchet
The alleged Finks member has never been too far from the spotlight in the past decade.
In March 2021 he was sentenced to jail for supplying dangerous drugs.
It came two years after former prize-fighter was released from prison for a violent attack on his ex-partner in which he broke her toes with a vodka bottle.
Trouchet was fined $1000 for his role in the Broadbeach brawl.
In 2017, he was sentenced to five-and-a-half years’ jail in NSW for offences including choking and assault occasioning bodily harm over the attack on his partner.
He was arrested for the drug charges after being released from prison in March 2019 and extradited to Queensland.
Trouchet pleaded guilty in Southport District Court in March 2021 to 11 counts of supplying methamphetamine and GHB and one count of unlawfully possessing an illegal substance.
Judge Nicole Kefford sentenced Trouchet to 12 months’ jail, suspended after the five days Trouchet had already spent in custody after being extradited from NSW.
In December 2022 he returned to prison for laundering almost $200,000 in dirty proceeds of a boiler room scam, spending it on his lifestyle.
Trouchet, then 48, was in the Brisbane District Court before Judge Michael Byrne where he was told he had “stepped seriously out of line for a number of years” but he was now making his “way back … to the straight and narrow”.
Trouchet pleaded guilty to one count of recklessly money laundering $189,905 between January 26, 2012 and December 6, 2013 on the Gold Coast.
Adam White
One of the ringleaders of the infamous bikie brawl had learnt the error of his ways and turned away from a life of crime, a court heard in July 2020.
The former Gold Coast president of the Bandidos played a lead role in a wild 2013 street fight that sparked the introduction of some of the nation’s toughest anti-bikie laws.
In 2020 his lawyer told a mass sentencing hearing that the former bikie has cut ties with his old friends and preferred to spend his time at home watching DVDs.
Asking for leniency, defence lawyer Sam Di Carlo quoted from White’s psychological report in which the ex-bikie stated: “Now my idea of fun is sitting home at home with my girlfriend and my daughter watching a DVD.
“Not fun but now it’s the right thing to do.”
Mr Di Carlo said the reformed bikie was working laying fibre optic cables and had taken large steps to rehabilitate himself.
“He realised the negative nature of those relationships. He’s made a conscious decision to leave them and never go back,” Mr Di Carlo told the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
“He’s found a new way.”
Despite confessing to their roles in the infamous brawl, the 18 self-proclaimed ex-bikies walked free from court in August 2015.
POLITICAL FIGURES
Campbell Newman
The former Queensland Premier who ushered in a new era of tough bikie laws in the wake of the brawl was punted out of power in 2015.
At the election Newman lost Ashgrove to his Labor predecessor, Kate Jones, on a swing of nearly 10 points.
In 2021 Newman announced his resignation from the LNP, hinting at a future in federal politics.
He has since held a number of media roles and been outspoken on matters including youth crime.
John-Paul Langbroek
The Surfers Paradise MP was Education Minister in the Newman Government in 2013.
Following the Newman government’s defeat in the 2015 election, Langbroek became deputy leader of the LNP and deputy leader of the Opposition.
He left the position after Lawrence Springborg lost the leadership to Tim Nicholls with Deb Frecklington replacing Langbroek in his position as deputy leader.
He remained on the opposition frontbench under Nicholls, Frecklington and Crisafulli.
After Nicholls stood down in 2017 Langbroek stood for the LNP leadership again finishing second to Frecklington.
In April 2023 he shared his thoughts on tackling the youth crime crisis on the Gold Coast.
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